Structures and Dwellings Underwater Topics Archaeology
Structures and Dwellings Underwater Topics Archaeology
The scientific study of the material remains of submerged human habitations and other man-made structures, both those originally on land but now under water and those created at the water's edge and partly submerged, such as ports.
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Structures and Dwellings
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Scottish Crannog Centre - A reconstruction of a lochside dwelling over 2,500 years old was built by the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology at Loch Tay, Perthshire. Photographs and visitor information. 3D virtual crannog requires VRML2 (free download available.)
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Port Royal Project - Report on the results of the underwater archaeology of Port Royal, Jamaica, which was one of the largest towns in the English colonies during the late 17th-century.
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Koppar Dykarna - Where a 300-year-old "coppergalt" - piece of melted copper ore - is supposed to be buried in the bottom sediments of lake Stora Aspan in Sweden.
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Stone Monuments or Natural Geology? - Stone terraces of unknown origin off the coast of Japan, as featured on the Laura Lee Show. Photographs from the eight sites discovered.
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Harbours and Trade During the Viking Age - Fröjel Discovery Programme proposes that there were far more harbours around the Baltic in the Viking period than previously thought. Research project on Gotland.
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Roman Salt Ports - David Bloch discusses the importance of salt sources and routes to the Romans, suggesting that Ostia's salt-beds were crucial to its siting. Also mentions the Romano-British Fenland and sea-level changes.
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Underwater Archaeology of the Black Sea - Crimean coastal survey in 1997 by the Underwater Archaeology Research and Training Center of Kiev University. Illustrated maritime history of the Black Sea; project design.
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